Dorstenia poinsettiifolia var angularis

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Type

Herb
Body Stem ascending
Height Up to 1 m tall
Leaves In spirals, oblong to elliptic to lanceolate, occasionally three-lobed, sometimes broadest above the middle, sometimes dentate towards the apex.
Flowers  Inflorescenses in pairs, purplish, pedunclee 0.3-0.7 cm  long. Receptacle funnel_shapeed to almost discoid, plane. Flowering face mostly 3-5 angular, frinee verey narrow, up to 1 mm broad. Primary appendages departing from the angles of the flowering face, 2-5, marrowly triangular, 2-4 mm broad.
Reproduction Seed
Area In Cameroun  (near Ndikinimeki);
In forest, along creek;
At low altitudes.
Taxonomical details Dorstenia poinsettiifolia Engler var. angularis Hijman & C.C. Berg, Adansonia, Sér 2c 16-438. 1977.
 

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